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* CaperRationalization: Ramona rationalizes conning rich men to Destiny as them being AssholeVictims who already made dirty deals and cheated others out of money and got off scot-free for the financial crisis, so targeting them is just fair play. Dorothy has fully internalized this by the time she's being interviewed and justifies it as being desperate for money and the clients already taking drugs.
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* FramingDevice: The first two acts are told as part of an interview Dorothy is giving to a journalist.
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* FramingDevice: The first two acts are told as part of an a recorded interview Dorothy is giving to a journalist. This is played with in the shift to the third act, where Destiny reaches a point where she's uncomfortable with a face to face interview and abruptly turns off the recorder. This mutes all audio for the scene until Elizabeth is shown out the door, coming back in when it closes.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The story details how a group of strippers organized into a con job of spiking the drinks of marks at the bar and taking them back to the club to fleece their money. After this is first explained to Elizabeth she [[Bathos noticeably hesitates]] to drink a cup of tea Dorothy had freshly brewed for her.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The strippers are drugging and conning rich Wall Street men which is portrayed as empowering and inspiring. There'd be outrage if the genders were reversed.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The strippers are drugging and conning rich Wall Street men which is portrayed as empowering and inspiring. There'd be outrage ''outrage'' if the genders were reversed.
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* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: Two of the dancers are said to have been sent to jail. For what, we never find out.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The main four dancers are caught for their schemes. Dorothy takes a deal to avoid jail time, which wrecks her friendship with Ramona after the latter tried to get a lawyer for them. The two of them get probation while Annabelle and Mercedes get probation plus weekends in jail for four months. However, the ending makes it clear that Ramona still cares for Dorothy, and Elizabeth encourages her to reach out to her friend.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The main four dancers are caught for their schemes. Doug's life is still utterly ruined. Dorothy takes a deal to avoid jail time, which wrecks her friendship with Ramona after the latter tried to get a lawyer for them. The two of them get probation while Annabelle and Mercedes get probation plus weekends in jail for four months. However, the ending makes it clear that Ramona still cares for Dorothy, and Elizabeth encourages her to reach out to her friend.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe: [[spoiler: The con on [[TheWoobie Doug]], which ruined what little he still had, is one of the reasons Destiny finally turns on Ramona.]]
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* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: Destiny emphasizes that they only pick targets that they ''know'' have the money and won't have any extreme reactions to the drugs. She also emphasizes that they don't hire any junkies or criminals. [[spoiler: But Ramona's expansion on their operation leads to all those rules getting broken.]]
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* HoYay: ''So much'' between Ramona and Destiny, with the pair acting more like girlfriends than best friends, their affectionate nicknames like "baby" for each other and several lingering glances from one another.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Ramona asks one to Destiny leading to an equally ArmorPiercingResponce.
* ArmorPiercingResponce: After making a deal to get less jail time, Destiny gives one to Ramona, leaving her at a loss for words (and considering they both have children).
* ArmorPiercingResponce: After making a deal to get less jail time, Destiny gives one to Ramona, leaving her at a loss for words (and considering they both have children).
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Ramona asks one to Destiny leading to an equally ArmorPiercingResponce.ArmorPiercingResponse.
*ArmorPiercingResponce: ArmorPiercingResponse: After making a deal to get less jail time, Destiny gives one to Ramona, leaving her at a loss for words (and considering they both have children).
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* HoYay: So much between Ramona and Destiny, with the pair acting more like girlfriends than best friends, their affectionate nicknames like "baby" for each other and several lingering glances from one another.
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* HoYay: So much ''So much'' between Ramona and Destiny, with the pair acting more like girlfriends than best friends, their affectionate nicknames like "baby" for each other and several lingering glances from one another.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: During police questioning, Ramona's full name is revealed to be Ramona Vega.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: One of the reasons why the male customers give out more money whenever Ramona and Destiny dance together.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Destiny, who has two failed relationships with men and a stronger female relationship with her coworker and best friend Ramona. Ramona as well, who holds hands with Destiny and calls her "baby".
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Destiny, who has two failed relationships with men and a stronger female relationship with her coworker and best friend Ramona. Ramona and shares some lingering glances at her. Ramona as well, who often holds hands with Destiny and calls her "baby"."baby".
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Ramona asks one to Destiny leading to an equally ArmorPiercingResponce.
* ArmorPiercingResponce: After making a deal to get less jail time, Destiny gives one to Ramona, leaving her at a loss for words (and considering they both have children).
--> '''Ramona:''' Why would you do that?!
--> '''Destiny:''' ''(in tears)'' ...For Lily!
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Ramona asks one to Destiny leading to an equally ArmorPiercingResponce.
* ArmorPiercingResponce: After making a deal to get less jail time, Destiny gives one to Ramona, leaving her at a loss for words (and considering they both have children).
--> '''Ramona:''' Why would you do that?!
--> '''Destiny:''' ''(in tears)'' ...For Lily!
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* WhamLine: Destiny to Ramona "I took the deal".
** Ramona to the reporter: "Her name was Dorothy".
** Ramona to the reporter: "Her name was Dorothy".
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* WhamLine: Destiny to Ramona "I outside the police station
--> '''Destiny:''' I took thedeal".
deal.
** Ramona to thereporter: "Her reporter:
--> '''Ramona:''' ''(showing a photo of a young Destiny)'' Her name wasDorothy".Dorothy.
--> '''Destiny:''' I took the
** Ramona to the
--> '''Ramona:''' ''(showing a photo of a young Destiny)'' Her name was
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Destiny, who has two failed relationships with men and a stronger female relationship with her coworker and best friend Ramona. Ramona as well, who holds hands with Destiny and calls her "baby".
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* DidNotGetTheGuy: Destiny has a falling out with her first boyfriend (the father of her daughter Lily) and fails to reconnect with the second guy she befriends at the club when he announces too much time has passed and he's already married.
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* RealityEnsues: Destiny trying to reconnect with a guy she met years earlier at a club, only to be disappointed when too much time has passed and she discovers he's already married.
** Ramona and Destiny try a taste test of their batch of Ketamine and MDMA only to both end up passed out on the floor.
** Ramona and Destiny try a taste test of their batch of Ketamine and MDMA only to both end up passed out on the floor.
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* FanDisservice: PlayedForLaughs and PlayedForDrama as one of the guys drugged by the girls passes out naked trying to dive into his swimming pool from his roof and he has to be taken to the hospital.
* FanService: The female dancers in the club and Destiny and Ramona's dance duo scenes in the champagne room together.
* FanService: The female dancers in the club and Destiny and Ramona's dance duo scenes in the champagne room together.
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* WhamLine: Destiny to Ramona "I took the deal".deal".
** Ramona to the reporter: "Her name was Dorothy".
** Ramona to the reporter: "Her name was Dorothy".
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* CelebrityCameo: Usher, who appears in the club during the 2007 flashbacks.
* HoYay: So much between Ramona and Destiny, with the pair acting more like girlfriends than best friends, their affectionate nicknames like "baby" for each other and several lingering glances from one another.
* SoundtrackDissonance: "Royals" by Lorde plays as [[spoiler: Ramona gets arrested by the ATM and the rest of the girls get caught by the police]].
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: See RunningGag.RunningGag.
* WhamLine: Destiny to Ramona "I took the deal".
* WhamLine: Destiny to Ramona "I took the deal".
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Lili Reinhart]], Music/KekePalmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and Music/CardiB
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* OneSteveLimit: Subverted. There's Elizabeth the journalist and Liz the stripper.
* OneSteveLimit: Subverted. There's Elizabeth the journalist and Liz the stripper.
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* Les Yay: The relationship between Dorothy and Ramona.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: See RunningGag.
* Les Yay: The relationship between Dorothy and Ramona.RunningGag.
* Les Yay: The relationship between Dorothy and Ramona.
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Lili Reinhart]], Music/KekePalmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and Music/
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* ActorAllusion: Cardi B plays one of the dancers at Moves.
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* FramingDevice: The first two acts are told as part of an interview Dorothy is giving to a journalist.
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Lili Reinhart]], Music/KekePalmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, andMusic/CardiB.
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Lili Reinhart]], Music/KekePalmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: See RunningGag.RunningGag.
* Les Yay: The relationship between Dorothy and Ramona.
* Les Yay: The relationship between Dorothy and Ramona.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium / TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The film starts during the 2007/08 financial crisis and continues until 2015.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium / TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The main film starts takes place during the 2007/08 financial crisis while the framing device takes place through 2014 and continues until 2015.
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* DoubleStandard: Abuse, Female on Male: The strippers are drugging and conning rich Wall Street men which is portrayed as empowering and inspiring. There'd be outrage if the genders were reversed.
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* DoubleStandard: Abuse, Female on Male: DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The strippers are drugging and conning rich Wall Street men which is portrayed as empowering and inspiring. There'd be outrage if the genders were reversed.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium / TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Much of the film is set during the 2007/08 financial crisis, while also taking place in 2014 and 2015.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium / TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Much of the The film is set starts during the 2007/08 financial crisis, while also taking place in 2014 crisis and continues until 2015.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium: TurnOfTheMillennium / TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Much of the film is set during the 2007/08 financial crisis.crisis, while also taking place in 2014 and 2015.
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* TheTurnOfTheMillennium: Much of the film is set during the 2007/08 financial crisis.
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* TheTurnOfTheMillennium: TurnOfTheMillennium: Much of the film is set during the 2007/08 financial crisis.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is inspired by an article that details a true story of strippers who stole from rich Wall Street types.
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Lili Reinhart, Reinhart]], Music/KekePalmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and Music/CardiB.
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Music/KekePalmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and Music/CardiB.
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''Hustlers'' is a 2019 dramedy from writer/director Lorene Scafaria. It stars Constance Wu, Creator/ConstanceWu, Creator/JenniferLopez, Creator/JuliaStiles, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Music/{{Lizzo}}, and Music/CardiB.
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Inspired by a New York Magazine article, “The Hustlers at Scores”, the film follows a stripper named Dorothy/Destiny (Wu), who befriends veteran dancer Ramona Vega (Lopez) and teams up with her, plus fellow dancers Annabelle (Reinhart) and Mercedes (Palmer) to con rich Wall Street men after the 2008 recession hits their club hard. The film is framed to show Dorothy telling her story to a reporter (Stiles).
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* AdvertisedExtra: Music/{{Lizzo}} and Music/CardiB are billed among the rest of the main cast, but they only have brief appearances in the first act.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The main four dancers are caught for their schemes. Dorothy takes a deal to avoid jail time, which wrecks her friendship with Ramona after the latter tried to get a lawyer for them. The two of them get probation while Annabelle and Mercedes get probation plus weekends in jail for four months. However, the ending makes it clear that Ramona still cares for Dorothy, and Elizabeth encourages her to reach out to her friend.]]
* RunningGag: Annabelle throws up under stressful situations.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: See RunningGag.
Inspired by a New York Magazine article, “The Hustlers at Scores”, the film follows a stripper named Dorothy/Destiny (Wu), who befriends veteran dancer Ramona Vega (Lopez) and teams up with her, plus fellow dancers Annabelle (Reinhart) and Mercedes (Palmer) to con rich Wall Street men after the 2008 recession hits their club hard. The film is framed to show Dorothy telling her story to a reporter (Stiles).
!!This film provides examples of:
* AdvertisedExtra: Music/{{Lizzo}} and Music/CardiB are billed among the rest of the main cast, but they only have brief appearances in the first act.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The main four dancers are caught for their schemes. Dorothy takes a deal to avoid jail time, which wrecks her friendship with Ramona after the latter tried to get a lawyer for them. The two of them get probation while Annabelle and Mercedes get probation plus weekends in jail for four months. However, the ending makes it clear that Ramona still cares for Dorothy, and Elizabeth encourages her to reach out to her friend.]]
* RunningGag: Annabelle throws up under stressful situations.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: See RunningGag.
